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<h1 class="topictitle1">Configuration Update</h1>
<div><div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_section1615153116379"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Function Description</h4><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_p171171131113711">On the Configuration Update page, you can import and export <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ph582432611212">BMC</span>, BIOS, and RAID controller card configuration files.</p>
<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_note121573183720"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0252955608_ul693784518113"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_li15801541226">Only the administrator can information and export configuration files. The configuration file to be imported or exported is in the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b13380153013349">.json</strong> format. The size cannot exceed 2 MB.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0252955608_li1493713452017">If KVM is enabled, the KVM encryption settings cannot be imported. There is no such restriction on other features.</li></ul>
<ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ul1411743123720"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li21171031193711">RAID controller card configurations take effect only after the system power-on self-test (POST) is complete.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0252955608_li129375458118">If the configuration items imported involve change of the TLS version or network configuration, the established web connections will be disconnected. If "Import failed" is displayed, log in to the <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ph42541844181619">BMC</span> WebUI again and check the operation log to determine whether the import is successful.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0252955608_li15937945710">When the exported configuration file contains configuration in ciphertext by default, the configuration in ciphertext does not take effect if the configuration file is imported to another server. To make the configuration take effect, you need to modify the configuration in plain text, and set Import to true for the import to take effect.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0252955608_li39372458112">In the configuration file exported, the <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ph1683015081610">BMC</span> management network port IP address is commented out.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li661511812515">The <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ph497058171616">BMC</span> configuration, BIOS configuration, and some RAID controller configuration can be imported and exported.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li45014566439">Import the configuration data of the same version or an earlier version.</li></ul>
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<div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_section172351714144416"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Importing a Configuration File</h4><div class="notice" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_note9670964168"><span class="noticetitle"><img src="public_sys-resources/notice_3.0-en-us.png"> </span><div class="noticebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_p467016121618">Importing configuration files is a high-risk operation. Exercise caution when performing this operation.</p>
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<ol id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ol1350010253919"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li175019218394"><span>(Optional) Modify the configuration file.</span><p><ol type="a" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ol11118123143718"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_li511883110370">Use a text editor to open the configuration file, and locate the configuration to be modified.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li1011863111373">Modify the configuration.<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_p1166022162115"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li1011863111373"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li1011863111373"></a>For example, change the value of <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_b78161656162711">FromAddress</strong> from <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_b543961112295">******</strong>, as shown in <a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_fig144079531432">Figure 1</a>, to <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_b1449715853116">Sendertext123456789012@xxx.com</strong>.</p>
<div class="fignone" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_fig144079531432"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_fig144079531432"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_fig144079531432"></a><span class="figcap"><b>Figure 1 </b>Configuration file before editing</span><br><span><img id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_image4717174916815" src="figure/en-us_image_0000001580645668.png"></span></div>
</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li16506164152216">Change the value of Import of <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b178221032101418">FromAddress</strong> from flase to true.<div class="fignone" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_fig939010111246"><span class="figcap"><b>Figure 2 </b>Configuration file after editing</span><br><span><img id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_image128416251395" src="figure/en-us_image_0000001580485980.png"></span></div>
</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li114461118172213">Save and close the configuration file.</li></ol>
</p></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_li111183311379"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_uicontrol3191193811111"><b>Select File</b></span> and select the configuration file to be uploaded.</span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_p18922163983318">The file uploaded will be displayed on the page.</p>
<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_note36712570532"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_p176718575531">The configuration file to be imported is in the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b131735815530">.json</strong> format and the encoding format is <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b19751440101418">UTF-8</strong>. The size cannot exceed 2 MB.</p>
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</p></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li13283215357"><span>Click <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b586912214268">Import</strong>.</span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_p1528133523117">A confirmation dialog box is displayed, prompting you to enter the current user password.</p>
</p></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_li61054201919"><span>Enter the current user password and click <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b9123114618317">OK</strong>.</span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_p121097063717">The following information is displayed:</p>
<pre class="screen" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_screen11947205445416">The import is successful. The BIOS configuration takes effect only after the service system is restarted.</pre>
<ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ul11107172342612"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_li136160117398">The <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ph16116181822712">BMC</span> configuration and RAID controller configuration take effect immediately after being imported.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0152871906_li166161211153918">After the BIOS configuration is imported, you need to restart the server OS for the configuration to take effect.<ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0152871906_ul186841544193713"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0152871906_li1468424453714">If you select <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0152871906_b1814152419182">Restart later</strong>, you can restart the server OS at a proper time.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0152871906_li1247317107487">If you select <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0152871906_b97041539191819">Restart Now</strong>, the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0283242556_en-us_topic_0152871906_b19565164341815">Power Control</strong> page will be displayed. You can select the right way to restart the server OS.</li></ul>
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<div class="note" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_note149921144123611"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_p25001934124410"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ph416252172310"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_ph7986112914292">Of the RAID controller configuration, only the configuration of <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b8986102916294">Copyback</strong>, <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b15986102972913">Copyback on SMART Error</strong>, and <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_b15986182932917">JBOD </strong>can be imported. The configuration of the logical and physical drives cannot be imported.</span></span></p>
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<div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_section9236131454418"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Exporting Configuration Files</h4><ol id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_ol3493925204419"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_li1549413252447"><span>On the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_b113788572505">Configuration Update</strong> page, click <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_b143811145104219">Export</strong>.</span><p><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001206316996__en-us_topic_0000001251429149_en-us_topic_0152871906_p12627219611">The configuration file is exported and saved to the default directory of the local PC.</p>
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